Erika Cheung (UC Berkeley Class of 2013) was one of the key whistleblowers in the Theranos scandal that stopped the company from processing thousands of patients samples with faulty technology. The story has been covered in the book Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, 60 minutes, ABC news, and recently the HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in the Silicon Valley. After working for biotechnology companies, she committed herself to growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Hong Kong and throughout Asia. She was the founding team member of the Betatron, a startup accelerator based in Hong Kong. She works as a venture partner for two Asia-based VC firms focused on Health Tech & Biotechnology investments. Currently, she is launching a new non-profit, Ethics in Entrepreneurship: a movement aimed at fostering ethical culture within startup ecosystems. EIE acts as the connective tissues between tools, resources, and experts to implement ethics into the core of their businesses. Erika Cheung (UC Berkeley Class of 2013) was one of the key whistleblowers in the Theranos scandal that stopped the company from processing thousands of patients samples with faulty technology. The story has been covered in the book Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, 60 minutes, ABC news, and recently the HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in the Silicon Valley. After working for biotechnology companies, she committed herself to growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Hong Kong and throughout Asia. She was the founding team member of the Betatron, a startup accelerator based in Hong Kong. She works as a venture partner for two Asia-based VC firms focused on Health Tech & Biotechnology investments. Currently, she is launching a new non-profit, Ethics in Entrepreneurship: a movement aimed at fostering ethical culture within startup ecosystems. EIE acts as the connective tissues between tools, resources, and experts to implement ethics into the core of their businesses. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
